Four Indian fishermen were killed and eight injured in an attack by two groups of Bangladeshi pirates last night in the Bay of Bengal.

They also hijacked a trawler carrying twelve fishermen. Eight pirates have been captured by the fishermen.

Sub Divisional Officer, Kakdwip, West Bengal, Rahul Majumdar said that a group of pirates fired at the fishermen traveling in a trawler at Kendua in the bay resulting in four of them being killed.

Another group of pirates hijacked another trawler carrying twelve fishermen and sailed away towards the Bangladeshi waters.

A group of Indian fishermen who were nearby in the waters in the Bay of Bengal confronted the pirates and managed to catch eight of them.